The "Python Test for Data Science" course is designed to equip students with essential programming skills in Python specifically tailored for data science applications. This comprehensive course covers fundamental concepts, such as data types, conditional statements, exception handling, functions, modules, object-oriented programming (OOP), and key libraries including Matplotlib, NumPy, and Pandas. By the end of this course, students will have a solid foundation in Python programming, enabling them to effectively manipulate and analyze data for various data science tasks.
Course Outline:
Introduction to Python Programming
Overview of Python and its applications in data science
Setting up the development environment (Python installation and IDEs)
Python Data Types
Numeric data types (integers, floats, complex numbers)
Sequences (strings, lists, tuples)
Mapping types (dictionaries)
Sets and booleans
Conditional Statements
if, else, and elif statements
Comparison operators and logical operators
Nested conditionals
Exception Handling
Understanding exceptions and error handling
Handling exceptions using try and except blocks
Raising and catching custom exceptions
Functions
Defining and calling functions
Function parameters and return values
Scope and variable visibility
Lambda functions and built-in functions
Modules
Importing and using modules in Python
Exploring commonly used modules for data science
Creating and organizing your own modules
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Introduction to OOP concepts (classes, objects, attributes, methods)
Defining and using classes in Python
Inheritance and polymorphism
Encapsulation and abstraction
Data Visualization with Matplotlib
Introduction to Matplotlib for creating visualizations
Plotting basic graphs (line plots, scatter plots, bar plots)
Customizing plots (labels, titles, legends)
Creating subplots and adding annotations
Numerical Computing with NumPy
Introduction to NumPy and its multidimensional array object (ndarray)
Performing mathematical operations on arrays
Array slicing and indexing
Working with random numbers and basic statistics
Data Manipulation and Analysis with Pandas
Introduction to Pandas and its core data structures (Series, DataFrame)
Loading and cleaning data
Manipulating and transforming data
Performing data analysis tasks (filtering, grouping, aggregating)